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Padma Khanna
Padma Khanna (Padma Khanna Sidana), Indian actress and Kathak dancer born in Varanasi, known for Johny Mera Naam's Husn Ke Lakhon Rang, as Meena Kumari's dance double in Pakeezah, and as Kaikeyi in TV's Ramayan; later founded Indianica Academy in New Jersey.
Padmapriya Janakiraman
Padmapriya Janakiraman (Tamil: பத்மபிரியா), credited as Padmapriya, is an Indian film actress and Bharatanatyam dancer who debuted in the 2003 Telugu film Seenu Vasanthi Lakshmi.
Padmini (actress)
Padmini Ramachandran (பத்மினி; 12 June 1932 – 24 September 2006), Travancore Sisters dancer-actress with Lalitha and Ragini, starred in over 250 Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi and Telugu films including Thillana Mohanambal and Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai, and founded a New Jersey dance school.
Padmini Kolhapure
Padmini Kolhapure (born 1965) is an Indian actress, singer, and producer of Hindi and Marathi cinema; a 1980s leading lady and three-time Filmfare winner for Insaf Ka Tarazu, Ahista Ahista, and Prem Rog, great-niece of Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle.
Paige O'Hara
Paige O'Hara (Donna Paige Helmintoller, born 1956) is an American singer, actress, and painter, the voice of Belle in Disney's 1991 Beauty and the Beast, a 1983 Show Boat Broadway debut, and a 2011 Disney Legend.
Pallavi Joshi (पल्लवी जोशी)
Pallavi Joshi (पल्लवी जोशी), born 1969 in Bombay, is an Indian actress and producer in Hindi and Marathi cinema and 1990s television, a National Film Award winner for The Tashkent Files and The Kashmir Files, wife of filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri, and a CBFC board member.
Pallavi Sharda
Pallavi Sharda is an Indian-Australian actress and classical dancer who moved to Mumbai in 2010, led the Bollywood film Besharam (2013), and appeared in Lion and Netflix's Wedding Season.
Pallavi Subhash (पल्लवी सुभाष शिर्के)
Pallavi Subhash Shirke (पल्लवी सुभाष शिर्के), born 1984 in Mumbai, is an Indian model-turned-actress in Marathi, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, and Telugu film and TV, known as Rukmini in Mahabharat and Dharma in Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat; distinct from actress Sai Pallavi.
Pam Grier
Pam Grier (Pamela Suzette Grier, born 1949, Winston-Salem, NC), American actress and first Black female action star, famous for blaxploitation films Coffy and Foxy Brown and for Tarantino's Jackie Brown (1997).
Pamela Springsteen
Pamela Springsteen (born 1962), American actress turned photographer, younger sister of Bruce Springsteen. Known for playing killer Angela Baker in Sleepaway Camp II and III (1988-89), then a second career shooting album covers and portraits for Ice Cube, Willie Nelson and others.
Pamelyn Ferdin
Pamelyn Ferdin, born in 1959, is a former American child actress who voiced Lucy van Pelt in Peanuts and Fern in Charlotte's Web, later becoming an animal rights advocate.
Pandari Bai (ಪಂಡರಿ ಬಾಯಿ)
Pandari Bai (ಪಂಡರಿ ಬಾಯಿ), also Pandharibai, was a South Indian actress (1928 or 1930–2003), Kannada cinema's first successful heroine, heroine in Parasakthi and Bedara Kannappa, and a producer.
Paoli Dam (পাওলি দম)
Paoli Dam (পাওলি দম), born 1980 in Kolkata, is an Indian actress of Bengali and Hindi cinema. TV debut Jibon Niye Khela; film debut Agnipariksha (2006); breakthrough Kaalbela (2009); Hindi debut Hate Story (2012); known for Bulbbul, Kaali, Palan.
Parambrata Chatterjee (পরমব্রত চট্টোপাধ্যায়)
Parambrata Chatterjee, also spelled Parambrata Chattopadhyay (পরমব্রত চট্টোপাধ্যায়), is an Indian actor and director, born in Kolkata in 1980, known for Bengali cinema and his Hindi debut in Kahaani (2012).
Paras Kalnawat
Paras Kalnawat, also Paras Kalnawat (पारस कलनावत), Indian television actor and model born 1996 in Bhandara; known as Samar in Anupamaa, Rajveer in Kundali Bhagya, and Aditya in Parineetii.
Paresh Rawal (परेश रावल)
Paresh Rawal (परेश रावल), Indian actor, comedian, producer, former BJP MP from Ahmedabad East, and National School of Drama chairperson; known for Hera Pheri's Baburao, the Sardar Patel biopic, National Film and Filmfare awards, and Padma Shri.
Parikshit Sahni
Parikshit Sahni (परीक्षित साहनी, born 1944, Murree) is an Indian actor, writer, and producer, son of actor Balraj Sahni; known for Gul Gulshan Gulfaam, 3 Idiots, PK, and his 2019 memoir The Non-Conformist.
Parineeti Chopra (परिणीति चोपड़ा)
Parineeti Chopra (परिणीति चोपड़ा), born 1988 in Ambala, is a Hindi film actress and singer. YRF debut in Ladies vs. Ricky Bahl (2011), Filmfare Best Female Debut, National Award Special Mention for Ishaqzaade, acclaimed as Amarjot Kaur in Amar Singh Chamkila (2024).
Parley Baer
Parley Baer, fully Parley Edward Baer, was an American character actor whose six-decade career spanned radio, film, and television. He was the original voice of Chester on radio's Gunsmoke from 1952 to 1961.
Parul Yadav
Parul Yadav (Kannada: ಪಾರುಲ್ ಯಾದವ್), Indian actress, producer, and screenwriter in Kannada cinema; broke out with Govindaya Namaha (2012) and co-produced the four-language Queen remakes including Butterfly. Not the WION producer, designer, or academic of the same name.
Parvathy Jayaram (അശ്വതി കുറുപ്പ്)
Parvathy Jayaram (അശ്വതി കുറുപ്പ്, Ashwathy Kurup), born 1970, is a former Malayalam film actress active 1986–1993, known for Thoovanathumbikal, Vadakkunokkiyanthram, and Kamaladalam, and the wife of actor Jayaram since 1992. Not the actress Parvathy Thiruvothu.
Parvathy Thiruvothu
Parvathy Thiruvothu (പാർവ്വതി തിരുവോത്ത്, born 1988, Kozhikode) is a Malayalam film actress also active in Tamil, Kannada, Hindi, and Telugu; known for Poo, Bangalore Days, Ennu Ninte Moideen, Charlie, Take Off, and co-founding the Women in Cinema Collective.
Parveen Babi (परवीन बाबी)
Parveen Babi (परवीन बाबी) was an Indian actress and model in Hindi cinema from 1973 to 1991, among the era's highest-paid, known for Deewaar and Amar Akbar Anthony.
Parvin Dabas
Parvin Dabas (born 1974, Delhi) is an Indian actor, director, and Pro Panja League co-founder known for Monsoon Wedding, Khosla Ka Ghosla, and My Name Is Khan, married to Preeti Jhangiani.
Pasupathy
Pasupathy is an Indian character actor in Tamil cinema (also Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam), full name reported as Pasupathy Masilamani or Pasupathy Ramasaamy Solai. Known for Virumandi, E, Veyyil, Asuran, Sarpatta Parambarai, Thangalaan, Kalki 2898 AD, and Bison Kaalamaadan; two Filmfare Best Supporting Actor awards.
Pat Buttram
Pat Buttram (Maxwell Emmett Buttram, 1915-1994), American comic actor: Gene Autry's radio and film sidekick, Mr. Haney on Green Acres (1965-71), and Disney voice actor including the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood.
Pat Hingle
Pat Hingle (Martin Patterson Hingle, 1924-2009), American character actor of stage, film, and TV; appeared in four Pulitzer-winning plays, lost Elmer Gantry to an elevator-shaft fall, and played Commissioner Gordon in four Batman films.
Patricia Velásquez
Patricia Velásquez (Patricia Carola Velasquez Semprun, born 1971) is a Venezuelan actress and model, described as the first Latina supermodel, who played Anck-Su-Namun in The Mummy films and founded the Wayuu Taya Foundation in 2002.
Patrick Cranshaw
Patrick Cranshaw (Joseph Patrick Cranshaw, 1919–2005), American character actor from Bartlesville, Oklahoma, best known as "Blue" in Old School (2003), with nearly 50 years of film and TV credits including Bonnie and Clyde, Best in Show, and Air Bud sequels.
Patrick Magee (actor)
Patrick Magee (born Patrick George McGee, 1922 or 1924, Armagh; died 1982) was a Northern Irish actor, Beckett's Krapp, Tony-winning Marquis de Sade, and Kubrick's Frank Alexander.